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my job is to control pollution and deal with the environment challenges we're facing, one of which is climate change. it's not to dictate the energy of the future. it's to deal with the energy today and make sure there's a pathway forward to make sure it's clean as it can be. >> woodruff: but the other half of the environmental arguments is that there are these toxic slugs waste sites, emissions that have been built up in these plants and they say -- talk to the folks in the environmentalist community, they say this administration hasn't done enough to get those cleaned up. >> we're moving on all fronts judy, on the air front as well as the waterfront and i think they know that. i think we need to look comprehensively at all of the challenges associated with the continued use of fossil fuel. we're also investing in renewable energy. ff you look at the history of this administration, since president obama came in, we have doubled the amount of electricity generation from renewable fuels. we're make sure that the technologies today and of the future are as clean as we can make them. for
my job is to control pollution and deal with the environment challenges we're facing, one of which is climate change. it's not to dictate the energy of the future. it's to deal with the energy today and make sure there's a pathway forward to make sure it's clean as it can be. >> woodruff: but the other half of the environmental arguments is that there are these toxic slugs waste sites, emissions that have been built up in these plants and they say -- talk to the folks in the...
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economy, theof the interior minister, and the environment minister all had to resign. the charge, that they along with their sons have been involved in high-level fraud involving illicit money tns
economy, theof the interior minister, and the environment minister all had to resign. the charge, that they along with their sons have been involved in high-level fraud involving illicit money tns
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. >> this is a way of insuring a warm, welcoming environment, judgment free so that families can come and relax and have a good time and not worry about how the person on the spectrum is going to behave or what other people might think. >> lisa carling is director of accessibility programs at the theater development fund. the nonprofit organization coordinates autism-friendly performances on broadway like these, four times a year. pbs mission is to make live theater more accessible to diverse audiences. >> we hope to raise awareness about autism and help people become more accepting and more inclusive. >> here are some of the things you'll see at an autism-friendly show that you wouldn't see on broadway otherwise. ushers have about 30 extra helpers on hand. they hand out colorful stress relievers and kush balls called manipulative, to help autistic audience members relax. producers and directors work with autism specialists to make the autism-friendly shows as close to the regular shows as possible. but this audience is especially sensitive to jarring lights and sounds. so audio level
. >> this is a way of insuring a warm, welcoming environment, judgment free so that families can come and relax and have a good time and not worry about how the person on the spectrum is going to behave or what other people might think. >> lisa carling is director of accessibility programs at the theater development fund. the nonprofit organization coordinates autism-friendly performances on broadway like these, four times a year. pbs mission is to make live theater more accessible...
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the regulatory environment, how do i do this? they're not going to take the risk if they don't know what to take the risk on. >> ifill: jan schakowsky, it was remark to believe see the president apologize at such great length today in the white house briefing room. did you find that that is something that maybe could have happened a couple of weeks ago? >> well, i think as soon as we saw that the rollout of the web site in particular was really, really -- what do you call it? whacky, difficult, you know he's already taken responsibility for that. but you know what i fear? that we miss the big picture. parents of children with autism were on the hill today and their message was "thank you. we don't to worry anymore." and women are going to do so much better. and especially women who may have breast cancer and men who have cancer are -- this is what this law is about. it's not about the insurance industry being able to offer this or that, although we want to make it as easy as possible for people to access a policy that they haven'
the regulatory environment, how do i do this? they're not going to take the risk if they don't know what to take the risk on. >> ifill: jan schakowsky, it was remark to believe see the president apologize at such great length today in the white house briefing room. did you find that that is something that maybe could have happened a couple of weeks ago? >> well, i think as soon as we saw that the rollout of the web site in particular was really, really -- what do you call it?...
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report on poland's embrace of fracking, despite concerns from some residents about land rights and the environment. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by b.p. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: israel today played down a weekend of air strikes that hit syria. the syrians, in turn, threatened to strike back, but there were no signs of new hostilities in the offing. on syrian state television today, images of the smoldering remains of a military complex near damascus. it was hit early sunday by air strikes attributed to the israeli military, the second in three days. israel did not officially claim responsibility, but senior officials there said the targets were advanced iranian missiles being shift to hezbollah militants in lebanon. israeli leaders
report on poland's embrace of fracking, despite concerns from some residents about land rights and the environment. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by b.p. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and...
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. >> you say that has an affect -- >> it improves the environment through which we carry out our foreign policy. >> well, let's just pick up. go ahead, anne marie, slaughter because what i would like to zero in on here, are there places brt administration needs to change, or approaches that can stay the same, can stay where they essentially are now? >> so i think you hear a lot of agreement among all of us on the fact that the administration is not at this point looking credible with respect to the threat of force. so the minute that we really were drebl, and it was clear we were going to strike syria, suddenly the diplomatic game changed and you got the chemical weapons agreement but since then with the turn around what we're seeing is a country that is saying, you know, we want to negotiate a deal but we're not actually willing to use force or economic coercion if we don't get it. and certainly for syria. and syria is so all of that many of us just want to, you know, not think about it because tens of thousands, over 150,000 people have died, the humanitarian conditions are all of, al
. >> you say that has an affect -- >> it improves the environment through which we carry out our foreign policy. >> well, let's just pick up. go ahead, anne marie, slaughter because what i would like to zero in on here, are there places brt administration needs to change, or approaches that can stay the same, can stay where they essentially are now? >> so i think you hear a lot of agreement among all of us on the fact that the administration is not at this point looking...
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, what matters is the worker at the production facility be able to work in a safe, healthy, ethical environment. our work focuses on the factory level. our trainings, our certification, our entire organization is geared towards working for the workers and making sure the standards at the production facility are where they need the to be. >> reporter: how has that supply chain been for people who tonight want ton the convenience use of the opaque nature of these relationships? >> indeed. part of the pmpt outsourcing of brands from retailers is distance themselves from the conditions in which their clothing is made. they get incredibly cheap prices, incredibly fast delivery. factories striving to meet the demands by igging north the right of workers, and cutting corners on safety. when the inevitable disasters the retailers throw up their hands and say my lord! i can't believe that was happening in these facilities. it's the brands and the retailers who have the most poor of power in the system. if they want to ensure their factories are safe they have the power to ensure their factories are safe
, what matters is the worker at the production facility be able to work in a safe, healthy, ethical environment. our work focuses on the factory level. our trainings, our certification, our entire organization is geared towards working for the workers and making sure the standards at the production facility are where they need the to be. >> reporter: how has that supply chain been for people who tonight want ton the convenience use of the opaque nature of these relationships? >>...
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consumers large and small rely on back up generators, at huge cost to both the environment and economy says energy expert kirit parikh. he traces the problem to policies that never really took into account the cost of power and gave it away to some consumers >> we started out with saying farmers should get cheap and free electricity. this was 30 years ago when we wanted farmers to really adopt more modern technologies, it was considered a good way to promote green revolution. >> reporter: power was distributed cheaply or free to farmers and other groups who's votes politicians courted. little effort was made to meter it. that prompted many people to hook themselves up, illegally. parikh says a third of all power is stolen off the grid. >> of the generated electricity is not charged to anyone. >> reporter: with little new money coming in, public utilities haven't been able to expand capacity or to buy enough fuel like coal or natural gas-- both in short supply anyway. power must be rationed but some regions overdraw their allotment. that can cause the system to shut down, or as it did l
consumers large and small rely on back up generators, at huge cost to both the environment and economy says energy expert kirit parikh. he traces the problem to policies that never really took into account the cost of power and gave it away to some consumers >> we started out with saying farmers should get cheap and free electricity. this was 30 years ago when we wanted farmers to really adopt more modern technologies, it was considered a good way to promote green revolution. >>...
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it's inhumane to let animals starve to death, dehydrate to death, to procreate at a level that the environment is unable to support. so that's why at the shelter, we won't just say we're against slaughter. we are for humane alternatives. >> reporter: the issue has also divided native americans. >> for the navajo people, this is a hard decision for us personally, individually, as leaders, as a clan, where we have to choose one or the other. these horses are sacred to us. we love our horses. but we love our land, too. >> reporter: for all the debate that has raged over this issue as of late, it's unlikely that congress will allocate money for inspectors in the upcoming budget and so for another year at least, horse slaughterhouses in this country will remain closed, while horses continue to be rounded up for export. >> woodruff: talks over iran's nuclear program wrapped up this evening in geneva, all sides agreed to meet again. but as ray suarez reports there are differing accounts on how much progress is being made. >> suarez: the two days of talks in geneva produced no breakthroughs, and diplo
it's inhumane to let animals starve to death, dehydrate to death, to procreate at a level that the environment is unable to support. so that's why at the shelter, we won't just say we're against slaughter. we are for humane alternatives. >> reporter: the issue has also divided native americans. >> for the navajo people, this is a hard decision for us personally, individually, as leaders, as a clan, where we have to choose one or the other. these horses are sacred to us. we love our...
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it's not an environment so different that all of these things are going to happen. and an assault weapons ban is sill a heavy lift. remember, the assault weapons ban we had had a lot of loopholes in it. but the other elements, it's just a different world. and i think national rifle association is no longer supreme in the same way and many of their own members i think are going to start to feel differently. when you get a joe manchin of west virginia coming out and saying "i hunt, i don't need more than three bullets in a magazine" and you get other long-standing strong proponents of the second amendment saying it's time for some changes, we're moving into a different world. >> brown: david kopel, do you think the politics have changed here or do you expect -- well, there certainly will be challenges legislatively. will there also be challenges legally? >> there will certainly be legal challenges because one important thing -- the way things have changechanged is we now have the supreme court having affirmed that the second amendment is an individual right and the co
it's not an environment so different that all of these things are going to happen. and an assault weapons ban is sill a heavy lift. remember, the assault weapons ban we had had a lot of loopholes in it. but the other elements, it's just a different world. and i think national rifle association is no longer supreme in the same way and many of their own members i think are going to start to feel differently. when you get a joe manchin of west virginia coming out and saying "i hunt, i don't...
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. >> reporter: creating this safe environment is the responsibility of the prisoners who understand that the program belongs to them. >> my name is robin, and i'm a peacemaker... >> reporter: fellow inmates, like robin guillen, who are graduates of the program, guide the weekly sessions. >> there's a part we explore here and discuss about ourselves on why we acted violently. >> reporter: guillen has served 40 years in prison-- 20 of them here at san quentin-- for a murder he committed at age 17. after witnessing a stabbing outside his cell, he made a decision to turn his life around beginning with facing his painful past. >> can you go back to the first time you witnessed trauma or pain in your life... >> my father and cousin were in a fight in the living room and my father stabbed my cousin many times. and i was sitting there crying, blood curdling cries out of sheer fear and terror. that was my first experience of original pain. >> reporter: to help the new class of prisoners understand how pain and suffering from their past can trigger violent behavior, robin prompted others to share
. >> reporter: creating this safe environment is the responsibility of the prisoners who understand that the program belongs to them. >> my name is robin, and i'm a peacemaker... >> reporter: fellow inmates, like robin guillen, who are graduates of the program, guide the weekly sessions. >> there's a part we explore here and discuss about ourselves on why we acted violently. >> reporter: guillen has served 40 years in prison-- 20 of them here at san quentin-- for a...
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danger, government allows internet forums to go unchecked and were carried out in a largely un-regulated environment. the latest stories come at a time when foreign adoption has decreased in the u.s. as many countries have limited or restricted their policies. meghan twohey spent 18 months working on the investigation for reuters. and adam pertman is executive director of the evan b. donaldson adoption institute, a national non profit that focuses on adoption research and policy. meghan twohey, some background first so we understand this. why are parents giving up their adopted children? and how are they doing it? >> well, that's a good question. i spoke to many adoptive parents for this 18-month project who had gone on the internet and solicited new families for their unwanted adopted children, and the reasons that they turned to this largely underground network were three-fold. one, they had that they didn't feel like they had received proper training going into their adoptions. two, they didn't feel like the issues that--- the children they adopted came to them with measure and behavioral program
danger, government allows internet forums to go unchecked and were carried out in a largely un-regulated environment. the latest stories come at a time when foreign adoption has decreased in the u.s. as many countries have limited or restricted their policies. meghan twohey spent 18 months working on the investigation for reuters. and adam pertman is executive director of the evan b. donaldson adoption institute, a national non profit that focuses on adoption research and policy. meghan twohey,...
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green cities that will attract people who are looking for healthy, attract tive environments and obviously safe cities. if the city isn't safe, as we found out in new york, went through a very difficult time in the 1980s. today we're proud to be the safest big city in america. perhaps the world. that has a lot to do with what brings people here, what supports talent. >> brown: bruce katz, you wanted to jump in? >> i would just say we need to redefine tallen. we look at the stem economy, science, technology, engineering, math. about a fifth of the american economy. a good portion of these jobs can actually be filled by people with high school-plus. right? remember shop, remember trade, remember voc-ed? we have to bring that back to the united states and have the special high schools and also community colleges customized. >> brown: when you think about americans, we still love our cars. >> absolutely. brown: many people still seem very willing to live far away from where they work or where they play. do you see the character of american cities changing fundamentally? >> this is changing. be
green cities that will attract people who are looking for healthy, attract tive environments and obviously safe cities. if the city isn't safe, as we found out in new york, went through a very difficult time in the 1980s. today we're proud to be the safest big city in america. perhaps the world. that has a lot to do with what brings people here, what supports talent. >> brown: bruce katz, you wanted to jump in? >> i would just say we need to redefine tallen. we look at the stem...